movies i have seen...
Monday, September 27, 2004
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Based on an Agatha Christie play, this Oscar-nominated mystery directed and co-written by Billy Wilder concerns an esteemed and aging lawyer (Charles Laughton). On the eve of retiring, he takes on the defense of an alleged murderer (Tyrone Power, in his final film performance) accused of killing a wealthy widow. Things get complicated when the accused's only alibi, his wife (Marlene Dietrich), decides to testify for the prosecution.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich
Director: Billy Wilder
The Birds (1963)
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enjoys a passing flirtation with eligible attorney Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop and on an impulse follows him to his hometown of Bodega Bay bearing a gift of lovebirds. But shortly after Melanie hits town, the bird population starts to run amok -- inexplicably attacking people -- and before you can say feathered fiends, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught.
Starring: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Mystic River (2003)
Three childhood friends, Sean (Kevin Bacon), Dave (Tim Robbins) and Jimmy (Sean Penn) are reunited in Boston 25 years later when they are linked together in the murder investigation of Jimmy's daughter. This taut thriller from director Clint Eastwood won two Oscars (Robbins and Penn) and was nominated for several more in its exploration of human behavior when faced with pain just beneath the surface, justified rage, and scars that never heal.
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
Director: Clint Eastwood
His Girl Friday (1940)
Cary Grant is an ultrasophisticated alpha male: Swaggering, cocky and ready for anything, he's alternately irresistible and infuriating to women. As a fast-talking newspaper publisher determined to win back his ex-wife (Rosalind Russell) from her new fiancé, Grant's comedic gifts are allowed free rein -- and Russell matches every bon mot. The dialogue crackles like thin ice on a frozen lake.
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Director: Howard Hawks
Bringing Down the House (2003)
Be careful what you wish for! When lonely, divorced lawyer Peter (Steve Martin) decides to spice up his life with a little online romance, he gets much more than he bargained for in the form of feisty prison inmate Charlene (Queen Latifah). Determined to convince Peter to help clear her name, Charlene escapes and starts wreaking havoc on his carefully controlled life. Eugene Levy and Joan Plowright co-star.
Starring: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah
Director: Adam Shankman
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Flavors (2003)
An ABCD movie. sweet, beautiful and funny. a romantic plus comedy movie...
Directed by:D K Krishna
Monday, September 20, 2004
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Cary Grant plays reformed jewel thief John Robie in this classic Hitchcock thriller. Suspected in a new series of gem heists in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, Robie sets out to clear himself -- and catch the real thief -- with the help of pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly). His plan backfires, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca (1940)
Here's a recipe for happiness: Marry a mysterious widower (Laurence Olivier), then move into his mansion and take orders from his servants! That's the situation the hapless -- and nameless -- second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) faces in Alfred Hitchcock's eerie adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's Gothic classic. This was the only Hitchcock film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Secondhand Lions (2003)
In 1960s Texas, timid teenager Walter (Haley Joel Osment) is forced to spend the summer with his rich and eccentric great-uncles (Michael Caine and Robert Duvall) on their farm. Over time, he learns about their mysterious and dangerous pasts. Emmanuelle Vaugier plays an Arabian sultan's daughter with whom Duvall's character fell in love years ago. Kyra Sedgwick and Nicky Katt co-star. For bonus material, please rent Secondhand Lions: Bonus Disc.
Starring: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall
Director: Tim McCanlies
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut is raw, violent, often mimicked -- and unforgettable. A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), newcomer Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), bickering weasel Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), and Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn) -- unravel.
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Sunday, September 19, 2004
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
James Stewart and Doris Day, in a rare dramatic role, are superb in this brilliant suspense thriller from the undisputed master. Stewart and Day play Ben and Jo MacKenna, innocent Americans vacationing in Morocco with their son, Hank.
Starring: James Stewart, Doris Day
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Friday, September 17, 2004
Jersey Girl (2004)
Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife (Jennifer Lopez) and a baby on the way. But life deals him a hand he's not ready for when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father (George Carlin). But a new love (Liv Tyler) and the courage instilled in him by his daughter (Raquel Castro) become all he needs to bounce back.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Director: Kevin Smith
The Girl Next Door (2004)
Matthew (Emile Hirsch) is a high school senior with more get-up-and-go than most teens his age possess; in fact, Matthew has big dreams of achieving a career in politics. What's more, he's just fallen in love with his new neighbor, beautiful 19-year-old Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). But love travels a rocky road when he discovers (along with the rest of the town) that Danielle is an ex-porn star. Better rethink the political career!
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert
Director: Luke Greenfield
Sunday, September 12, 2004
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Director David Lean's sweeping epic is set in a Japanese World War II prison camp where British POWs are forced to construct a railway bridge as a morale-building exercise. Yet the real battle of wills is between "play by the rules" British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), who is dedicated to the project, and his American rival (William Holden), who vows to destroy it. The POWs' whistling work theme became legendary.
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness
Director: David Lean
The Third Man (1949)
Who was Harry Lime? And who killed him? And is he really dead? These are just a few of the questions writer-turned-sleuth Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton) tries to answer as he trolls the shadowy streets of postwar Vienna. Director Carol Reed turns Graham Greene's classic mystery into a film noir without equal. You'll be humming the zither theme for weeks!
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Director: Carol Reed
Some Like It Hot (1959)
With its transvestitism, palpable sex and murder, Billy Wilder's legendary screwball comedy reveals dark, hilarious roots. Musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and get out of town the only way they know how -- dressed as women. On the road to Florida with an all-girl band, they meet Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), and things start to heat up in this legendary farce.
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis
Director: Billy Wilder
Paths of Glory (1957)
Safe behind the front lines, the French General Staff orders Colonel Dax on a suicide mission. To hide their blunder the Officers arrest three innocent soldiers. Dax must prove the Generals guilt or his clients will face the firing squad.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Saturday, September 11, 2004
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The sole survivor of a caper gone wrong, sniveling con man Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) gets locked in an interrogation room with a pushy fed (Chazz Palminteri) who wants to know why Spacey is still alive. In a flashback, Spacey recalls being in stir with career crooks forced to carry out a heist. … Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie's ingenious story spins on a dime.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin
Director: Bryan Singer
Monday, September 06, 2004
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Get ready to globe-trot with one of the big screen's greatest adventurers. When Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) -- the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist -- is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant (resting place of the original Ten Commandments), he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas teamed up to create this all-time favorite.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
Director: Steven Spielberg
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Fast-food-loving hit man Vince Vega (John Travolta), his philosophical partner Jules (Samuel L. Jackson), a drug-addled gangster's moll (Uma Thurman) and a washed-up boxer (Bruce Willis) converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time. Director and co-writer Quentin Tarantino uses whip-smart dialogue to propel the most audacious and imitated movie of the 1990s.
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Stanley Kubrick's brave, hilarious black comedy has nasty fun with the spooky topic of nuclear Armageddon. When a deranged American general launches a nuclear attack against the Russians to "preserve our precious bodily fluids," a doomsday H-bomb arsenal threatens the world. Peter Sellers brilliantly plays three roles: the impotent American president, a harried British captain and the title character, a wheelchair-bound former Nazi scientist.
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Rear Window (1954)
As his broken leg heals, wheelchair-bound L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart) becomes absorbed with the parade of life across the courtyard: A dancer, a lonely woman, a composer and a bedridden woman and her husband become like creatures in Needham's voyeuristic zoo. But when one of them disappears, Needham suspects foul play -- and suddenly he finds himself in the center of the action with nowhere to run.
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
